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"Golden visas": la adquisición de permisos de residencia por inversión en España. Principales riesgos, desafíos y recomendaciones
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What the document holds
TI-España policy paper (Dec 2023, 31 pp.): Ley 14/2013 rules; MAEC FOI data on investor visas 2013 - 18 Sep 2023 (total, top 11 nationalities, real-estate shares, peak year 2021); Ministry of Inclusion FOI data on investor authorisations 1 Jan 2017 - 31 Mar 2022 (initial, renewed, administrative silence by nationality, Russian investment total); EU-wide and TI-2018 figures; UK Tier 1 and Portugal context; 2023 bill. Out of scope: 51,829/47,262/99,091 authorisations and their nationality top-5 lists, which cover all Ley 14/2013 categories (entrepreneurs, highly qualified, researchers...), not only investors; the 18,000 Chinese officials figure (not programme-specific). Note the paper gives the initial authorisation as 2 years (p. 9) and 3 years (p. 14); both kept.
What it supports
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Numbers (35)
- Investor residence permits issuedApplicant: Main and familyLimit: 10,000 permitsto 2018 · TI España 2023Reported by othersHungary · Residency bond programme
- Investor residence permits issuedApplicant: Main and familyLimit: 10,000 permitsto 2018 · TI España 2023Reported by othersLatvia · Investor residence permits
- Investor residence permits issuedApplicant: Main and familyLimit: 10,000 permitsto 2018 · TI España 2023Reported by othersPortugal · Golden visa
- Applicant shareCategory: Administrative silence3.8%2017-01-01/2022-03-31 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Applicant shareRoute: Real estate96.18%2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Applicant shareRoute: Real estate · Nationality: China99.33%2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Applicant shareRoute: Real estate · Nationality: Russia94.65%2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Applicant shareRoute: Real estate · Nationality: Iran99.01%2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Applicant shareRoute: Real estate · Nationality: United States94.97%2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Applicant shareRoute: Real estate · Nationality: United Kingdom93.78%2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investment by programme investorsNationality: RussiaEUR 3,423,133,6262013-09-29/2022 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits issuedApplicant: Main and familyLimit: 10,000 permitsto 2018 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits issued7,353 permits2017-01-01/2022-03-31 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits issuedPermit type: Initial and renewal12,830 permits2017-01-01/2022-03-31 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits issuedPermit type: Initial and renewal · Category: Administrative silence484 permits2017-01-01/2022-03-31 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits issuedPermit type: Initial and renewal · Nationality: China · Category: Administrative silence99 permits2017-01-01/2022-03-31 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits issuedPermit type: Initial and renewal · Nationality: Russia · Category: Administrative silence99 permits2017-01-01/2022-03-31 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits issuedPermit type: Initial and renewal · Nationality: United Kingdom · Category: Administrative silence43 permits2017-01-01/2022-03-31 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits issuedPermit type: Initial and renewal · Nationality: United States · Category: Administrative silence23 permits2017-01-01/2022-03-31 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits issuedPermit type: Initial and renewal · Nationality: Mexico · Category: Administrative silence18 permits2017-01-01/2022-03-31 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits renewed5,477 permits2017-01-01/2022-03-31 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor visas issued919 visas2021 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor visas issued6,200 visas2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor visas issuedNationality: China2,712 visas2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor visas issuedNationality: Russia1,159 visas2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor visas issuedNationality: Iran203 visas2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor visas issuedNationality: United States179 visas2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor visas issuedNationality: United Kingdom177 visas2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor visas issuedNationality: Egypt143 visas2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor visas issuedNationality: Ukraine143 visas2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor visas issuedNationality: Philippines122 visas2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor visas issuedNationality: Mexico114 visas2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor visas issuedNationality: Venezuela98 visas2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor visas issuedNationality: Saudi Arabia89 visas2013-09-29/2023-09-18 · TI España 2023Reported by othersSpain · Golden visa
- Investor residence permits issuedApplicant: Main and familyLimit: 10,000 permitsto 2018 · TI España 2023Reported by othersUnited Kingdom · Tier 1 (Investor) visa
Rules and prices (13)
- Property purchaseeach applicant (main investor)EUR 500,000Since 29 Sep 2013 · TI España 2023Spain · Golden visa
- Bank depositmain investor (sole holder of the deposit)EUR 1,000,000Since 29 Sep 2013 · TI España 2023Spain · Golden visa
- Investment in company sharesmain investorEUR 1,000,000Since 29 Sep 2013 · TI España 2023Spain · Golden visa
- Government bondsmain investor; held for at least 5 years (art. 64 a) 3.º)EUR 2,000,000Since 29 Sep 2013 · TI España 2023Spain · Golden visa
- Required physical presenceapplicant for the investor residence authorisation1 visitsSince 29 Sep 2013 · TI España 2023Spain · Golden visa
- Validity of the visainvestor residence visa1 yearsSince 29 Sep 2013 · TI España 2023Spain · Golden visa
- Validity of the first residence permitinitial investor residence authorisation2 yearsSince 29 Sep 2013 · TI España 2023Spain · Golden visa
- Validity of a renewed residence permitrenewal of investor residence authorisation2 yearsSince 29 Sep 2013 · TI España 2023Spain · Golden visa
- Validity of the first residence permitinvestor residence authorisation (as described on p. 14 of the TI-España report)3 yearsDate not stated · TI España 2023Spain · Golden visa
- Maximum processing timeresidence authorisations under the Ley 14/2013 section, from electronic filing (deemed granted by administrative silence if not decided in time)20 daysSince 29 Sep 2013 · TI España 2023Spain · Golden visa
- Grace period to apply after the visa expiresapplication for the residence authorisation after the investor visa expires90 daysSince 29 Sep 2013 · TI España 2023Spain · Golden visa
- Investmentmain investor (as described by TI-España, before the threshold was raised)GBP 1,000,000Date not stated · TI España 2023United Kingdom · Tier 1 (Investor) visa
- Investmentmain investor (as described by TI-España, after the 2014 MAC report)GBP 2,000,000Date not stated · TI España 2023United Kingdom · Tier 1 (Investor) visa
Timeline (3)
- Más País-Verdes Equo tables bill to amend the golden visa law24 Feb 2023ContextSpain · Golden visa
- Portugal ends the real-estate route (as described by TI-España)Feb 2023Rule changePortugal · Golden visa
- UK abolishes the Tier 1 investor visa (as described by TI-España)Feb 2022ClosureUnited Kingdom · Tier 1 (Investor) visa
2 more rows from this document are in the source data but not on this site: numbers we would have had to work out ourselves, figures a later correction replaced, or programmes outside these datasets.
About the document
What it covers Figures obtained through freedom-of-information requests: Foreign Ministry investor visas 2013 - 18 Sep 2023 by nationality; Ministry of Inclusion investor authorisations 1 Jan 2017 - 31 Mar 2022 (initial/renewal, tacit approvals), Russian investment.
Notes NGO policy paper, not stored (link only). The underlying ministry replies are not published with it; figures are TI-España's summary of them. Date from PDF metadata (Dec 2023).
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